Patents by Inventor Nicolas Thexton

Nicolas Thexton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and methods for handling interactive applications in broadcast networks
    Publication number: 20060125962
    Abstract: An interactive method includes receiving, at a display device, background video including a multiplicity of video frames, at least one of the multiplicity of video frames including a plurality of sub-pictures, each of the plurality of sub-pictures representing an alternative background, and switching, at the display device, between a first sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures and a second sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Ian Shelton, Michael Costello, Ronnie Dan, Nicolas Thexton, Nicolas Hall, James Walker, Stuart Ashby, Neil Cormican